ME! ME!look at ME!look at what's been done to ME!I'm a babyI'm a whinerI have rightsyou need to be kindermentality of a three-year-old"it's okay" I want to be toldI don't have to grow upbecause I've been abusedI'm really self-absorbedwatch out, you'll get useddoes it really matterthat I don't see your pain?my stories are better than yoursmaybe I'm insanecall ME an attention whoreselfishness you'll seetell ME of your anguishI'll make it ALL ABOUT MEI can't really focuson what you have to sayI'm the one who's innocenthug ME now, okay?if you don't treat me rightI'll dump you with the trashyou're just like all the othersmy friendships never lastyou hurt MEthat's what I'm going to tell'emit's not the whole truthbut it's what I need to sell'emI need to be a victimhow else will I get love?I need to be a childI need to push and shoveME! ME!look at ME!look at what's been done to ME!

-to the immature adults I've met along the way who refuse to take responsibility for their own lives

It's ironic but ALL ABOUT ME is actually about ME and the pain I have suffered befriending others (abuse = ALL TYPES of abuse) who turned out to be so self-involved that they were blind to the pain they inflicted on ME. Yes, it is pretty damn cold - getting rejected and then lied about really hurts. For the record, I was abused sexually and otherwise as a child and I still suffer for it as an adult. I have to struggle with my own self centeredness but recognize the necessity of taking responsibility for my own actions in all areas of life. If I don't take that responsibility, then life for me will just be about what the world does to me - a very sad thought, don't you think?

Scot, I think that some people just can't take responsibility for their actions. I don't know why. Maybe if they did they would have to change and change is really much too much work.

I wish that none of us had been so badly harmed. Still, I think that the harm does makes us think alot about ourselves. I think it is an effort to try to understand what we will never understand, because our abusers most likely will never attempt to tell us why they chose to harm us.

Brothers, we just cannot lose hope. This thing recovery is an up and down thing. But, I think it is still a progressive thing. Lets hold on to each other and that way none of us will drown.

Bob

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